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Mississippi Business NewsFri, 31 Jul 2015 20:53:11 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.3Proposal introduced to change state song to 'Dixie,' fly Confederate flag outside Capitolhttp://msbusiness.com/2014/11/proposal-introduced-change-state-song-dixie-fly-confederate-flag-outside-capitol/
http://msbusiness.com/2014/11/proposal-introduced-change-state-song-dixie-fly-confederate-flag-outside-capitol/#commentsThu, 06 Nov 2014 13:40:12 +0000http://msbusiness.com/?p=95824JACKSON — A Mississippi man with a history of trying to enshrine Old South symbols in the state constitution is trying again, this time hoping to change the state song to “Dixie” and require officials to fly a Confederate battle flag outside the Capitol. But getting a constitutional amendment on the statewide ballot can be ...

]]>http://msbusiness.com/2014/11/proposal-introduced-change-state-song-dixie-fly-confederate-flag-outside-capitol/feed/1Ex-mayor remembered for easing racial tension dies at 96http://msbusiness.com/2013/06/ex-mayor-remembered-for-easing-racial-tension-dies-at-96/
http://msbusiness.com/2013/06/ex-mayor-remembered-for-easing-racial-tension-dies-at-96/#commentsFri, 14 Jun 2013 13:45:03 +0000http://msbusiness.com/?p=76636MCCOMB — Former McComb Mayor Newton H. James, a white businessman who was among community leaders who worked to end tensions during the civil rights movement in 1960s, has died at the age of 96. Officials with Hartman-Sharkey Funeral Home say James died Thursday at Beacham Memorial Hospital in Magnolia. Services will be at 10 ...

]]>http://msbusiness.com/2013/06/ex-mayor-remembered-for-easing-racial-tension-dies-at-96/feed/0Investigators: Social media at heart of election night incident at UMhttp://msbusiness.com/2013/01/investigators-social-media-at-heart-of-election-night-incident-at-um/
http://msbusiness.com/2013/01/investigators-social-media-at-heart-of-election-night-incident-at-um/#commentsMon, 28 Jan 2013 13:33:52 +0000http://msbusiness.com/?p=68760OXFORD — The University of Mississippi faculty/staff Incident Review Committee (IRC) assigned to determine the facts of a widely reported election night incident has released its report, finding that student misrepresentations on social media, including Facebook and Twitter, were fuel for the events that happened on campus that night. The IRC has forwarded the names ...

]]>http://msbusiness.com/2013/01/investigators-social-media-at-heart-of-election-night-incident-at-um/feed/0Restaurant manager fired for offensive e-mailhttp://msbusiness.com/2011/01/restaurant-manager-fired-for-offensive-e-mail/
http://msbusiness.com/2011/01/restaurant-manager-fired-for-offensive-e-mail/#commentsFri, 14 Jan 2011 15:36:20 +0000http://msbusiness.com/?p=35710RIDGELAND — The general manager of Ruth’s Chris Steak House in Ridgeland has been fired for an e-mail that the recipient found racially offensive, according to The Clarion-Ledger. According to the newspaper, LeTrenda Watson, an African American who was attempting to make a reservation for a birthday party, received a return e-mail message that included ...